Over the sunset mountains

 

■Over the sunset mountains
someday I’ll softly go
into the arms of Jesus
he who has loved me so

▪︎▪▪︎ Over the sunset mountains
heaven awaits for me
Over the sunset mountains
Jesus my savior I’ll see

■Toiling will all be ended
shadows will flee away
sorrow will be forgotten
oh, what a wonderful day

 

 

■John Willard Peterson (November 1, 1921 – ▪︎September 20, 2006)

 

▪︎He was a songwriter who had a major influence

on evangelical Christian music in the 1950s through the 1970s.

▪︎In 1953, he graduated from the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago

and shortly thereafter settled in Pennsylvania to continue his songwriting career.

He wrote over 1000 songs, and 35 cantatas.

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